Frank Tuttle (born 1957, in Oroville, California) is a contemporary Native American artist, he is from the

Yuki people The Yuki (also known as Yukiah) are an indigenous people of California, whose traditional territory is around Round Valley, Mendocino County. Today they are enrolled members of the Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation. Bef ...

, Wailaki and Concow Maidu Native communities.

Biography

Tuttle completed his undergraduate degree at California State University, Humboldt (now called

Humboldt State University California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt also known as Cal Poly Humboldt, Humboldt or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California or California State Polytechnic Universi ...

). As of 2004, he was a lecturer in Native American Studies and Native American Art at

Mendocino College Mendocino College is a public community college in Ukiah, California. Mendocino College was founded in 1973. The main campus is located on of hilltop land north of downtown Ukiah in the Ukiah valley. Currently there are about 4,000 students, 5 ...

in Ukiah. Much of Tuttles' artwork builds on a combination of modern artistic techniques and traditional modes of artistic development, such as dance and basket weaving. Tuttle's work can be found in the museum collections at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, the

C.N. Gorman Museum C.N. Gorman Museum is a museum focused on Native American and Indigenous artists, founded in 1973 at University of California, Davis (UC Davis) in Davis, California. History The C.N. Gorman Museum was founded in 1973 by the Department of Nativ ...

, the

Crocker Art Museum The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Western United States, located in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1885, the museum holds one of the premier collections of Californian art. The collection includes American works dating f ...

, and the Morris Graves Museum of Art.

References

1957 births Living people Native American male artists Native American painters California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt alumni Mendocino College faculty People from Oroville, California {{US-artist-stub